Skirt.



M. Mums.

fsKmT. APPLICATION FI LED AUG.1 1, 1913.

Patented July 21, 1914 m v I a.

nronssn SKIRT:

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have expansible waist bands, adapted to accommodate a variety of waistmeasurements.

It is an object of my invention'to provide a skirt of this class whichwill'fit smoothly and snugly about the waist and hips, and will conformwith precision to the curvature of the waist.

Other objects are simplicity and 'neatness of construction andinexpensiveness and convenience in manufacture.

Still other objects and advantages of my invention will appear from thefollowing.

description.

I- shall now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and shall thereafter point out my invention in aclaim.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the top por- -tion of a skirt embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2' is a detail in front elevation of'the webbing used in the waistband. Fig. 3 is a detail'in perspective of the same.

The petticoat shown in the drawings as illustrating my invention has abody A, the upper portion of which is of jersey cloth or other.material, and has the usual placket B in the back, provided withsuitable fasteners C. To form the waist band, a continuous inclosing hemD is made at the top of the skirt by folding the material of the bodyaround the entire top down on itself and sewing it down in the usualmanner, and in thi hem is inclosed a. webbing such as shown in igs. 2and 3. This webbing is a band of substantially the length of the waistband and made up of three parts, a middle portion'of inelastic materialwhich is preferably stiffer than the material of the skirt and ofsufficient length to extend across the stomach of the wearer, and twoend elastic pulls l and F1.

Patented July 21, 1914.

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F l In the completed skirt, this webbing is linolosed, in the hem D,-the inelastic part E goc'cupying the front portion and being se- Zcuredat its ends by stitching, as shown in gFig. 1, and the elastic parts Fand vF exitendingaround the sides and rear to the g ilac ket B,and-beingsecured at their ends ad acent the lacket. The inelastic frontpart 'E' is pre erably shaped so that it normallycurves orinclinesdownwardly from its ends to its center below the line of theWaist band, as shown particularly in Fig. 2.

In practice the band or webbing is made separatel and thethree parts aresewed together into one continuous band, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Thewebbing is placed around the skirt near the top and the material abovethe webbing is folded down over the webbin and sewed to form the hem D.The material in front of the skirt is carefully smoothed out and theends of the inelastic portion E are then stitched fast preferably beforethe hem D is formed, and since the portion E is stifler than the body ofthe skirt, the front part of the skirt is held smooth and is preventedfrom wrinkling. The rear ends of the elastic portions F and F arestitched fast while the elastic portions are in a stretched condition,as is usual, and when theyare released and contract, the draw thematerial about the hips and bac into gathers, asshown, whereby an excessof material is provided which is more or less used as the waist band isexpanded when placed on a wearer.

The fact that the inelastic portion E of thewebbing has a downwardcurvature or inclination toward its center causes it to conformperfectly, when placed under tension, to the curvature of the stomach ofthe wearer, as will be evident. .This tension is a yielding tensionsince it v is created by the expansion of the elastic pore tions F and Fof the webbing as the waist band is secured about the waist of thewearer, and the front ortion of the waist band is, therefore, rawn justtightly enough to cause it to conform to the curvature of the stomach,and any further tension is received by the elastic portions of the waistband, and the skirt is thus made to hang correctly and to fit snugly andform a smooth foundation for outer skirts, while accommodating waists ofvarious sizes.

It will be apparent that my improved skirt can .be quickly, easily andcheaply made, and that the advantages are attained in a simple andeffectual manner. The operation of securing the webbing in place andforming the hem D can be rapldly per formed, and results in a waist bandmuch neater in appearance and more satisfactory in results than theexpansible waist bands generally used.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the constructionshown in the draWin s and above articularly described, wit in theprincip e and scope of my invention.

I claim:

A skirt includin a body and a Waist band and having a plac et in theback, the Waist MEYER MAYERS.

Witnesses:

EARL Rm moiv, VICTOR D. Bons'r.

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